Stranger Things Episodes, Ranked
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- DirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardJoyce and Hopper are taken in for questioning. Nancy and Jonathan prepare to fight the monster and save Will.Excellent episodes the first episodes that introduced the true part of Steve, with a Christmas ending with lots of emotion where Will gets found and when El sacrifices herself. 10/10
- DirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardAn unlikely hero steps forward when a deadly development puts the Hawkins lab on lockdown, trapping Will and several others inside.The ending is hardcore with a good choice of music. And always remember Bob Newby superhero
- DirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardEleven makes plans to finish what she started while the survivors turn up the heat on the monstrous force that's holding Will hostage.The perfect finale to Season 2 and the snowball ending was the best way to end a great season.
- 2016–20251h 16mTV-149.2 (31K)TV EpisodeDirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardTerror reigns in the food court when the Mind Flayer comes to collect. But down below, in the dark, the future of the world is at stake.One of the best finales it could’ve redeemed Billy a bit more but other than that, amazing. Emotional ending made me cry every single time I saw it with Will, El, Joyce, Jonathan moving to California and the song fit perfectly. Thanks Duffer Brothers for this spectacular finale.
- 2016–20251h 38mTV-149.6 (41K)TV EpisodeDirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourMillie Bobby BrownAs Hopper braces to battle a monster, Dustin dissects Vecna's motives -- and decodes a message from beyond. El finds strength in a distant memory.One of the best plot twists including Vecna revealed to be Henry and 001. With one of the best transitions with Erica, Dustin, Lucas and Max riding a bike and quickly flipping over to the upside down with Nancy, Eddie, Robin, and Steve riding a bike. Just amazing.
- DirectorShawn LevyStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardRefusing to believe Will is dead, Joyce tries to connect with her son. The boys give Eleven a makeover. Jonathan and Nancy form an unlikely alliance.The episode that totally changed my vibe on Stranger Things which made us have more hope that Will is alive. And was one of the first episodes i loved.
- DirectorShawn LevyStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardA code red brings the gang back together to face a frighteningly familiar evil. Karen urges Nancy to keep digging, and Robin finds a useful map.It’s honestly better than Dear Billy or The Piggyback. Where the party forms together and Joyce and Hopper begin to bond and with Billy becoming the host of the Mind Flayer.
- DirectorShawn LevyStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourMillie Bobby BrownMax is in grave danger - and running out of time. A patient at Pennhurst Asylum has visitors. Elsewhere, in Russia, Hopper is hard at work.It has one of the most iconic scenes. I can’t say I love it but I love how you can escape the curse by playing one of your favorite songs.
- DirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardThe government comes searching for Eleven. Eleven looks for Will and Barb in the Upside Down.One of the best episodes. That’s all that’s basically all and it also turned into the darker sides of Stranger Things and the episode that revealed Will was alive and well. And the scenes where they were making the bathtub were entertaining and the episode that made me ship Mileven.
- 2016–20252h 19mTV-149.1 (33K)TV EpisodeDirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourMillie Bobby BrownWith selfless hearts and a clash of metal, heroes fight from every corner of the battlefield to save Hawkins - and the world itself.In the trailer it says “THE EPIC FINALE” I couldn’t agree more with a perfect cliffhanger ending and the reunion and the battles it’s just so good it left me speechless.
- DirectorShawn LevyStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardAn increasingly concerned Nancy looks for Barb and finds out what Jonathan's been up to. Joyce is convinced Will is trying to talk to her.The alphabet wall became one of the best and most iconic scenes. It’s certainty not the best episodes but I can’t agree more about that emotional ending where Mike, El,Dustin, and Lucas get startled. That’s why I like chapter four more.
- DirectorAndrew StantonStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardWill's connection to a shadowy evil grows stronger but no one's quite sure how to stop it. Elsewhere, Dustin and Steve forge an unlikely bond.The episode that started the bonding between Dustin and Steve and was a classic friendship to to this day and made me ship Lumax. And the whole Hawkins Lab thing with Mike, Will, Bob, Hopper, and Joyce is just great.
- DirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardHopper and Joyce find the truth about the lab's experiments. After their fight, the boys look for the missing Eleven.Step right up step right up for the freak show. TEACH THOSE ANNOYING BULLIES A LESSON. The classic hug between Dustin, El, and Mike was also in Season 3 and I adore that hug to this day, good episode!
- DirectorNimród AntalStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourMillie Bobby BrownBehind the Iron Curtain, a risky rescue mission gets underway. The California crew seeks help from a hacker. Steve takes one for the team.Steve takes one for the team. He certainly did. I have no reason to love this episodes. I just like it for no particular reason.
- DirectorUta BriesewitzStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardStrange surprises lurk inside an old farmhouse and deep beneath the Starcourt Mall. Meanwhile, the Mind Flayer is gathering strength.The Flayed is probably the most underrated episode ever. I completely disagree the plot thickens as Jonathan and Nancy join forces with Will, Lucas, El, Max, and Mike. And the Scoops troop where Erica finally becomes a main character is just wow.
- DirectorUta BriesewitzStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardDr. Alexei reveals what the Russians have been building, and Eleven sees where Billy has been. Dustin and Erica stage a daring rescue.One of the darkest Stranger Things episodes. Where it reveals that the Mind Flayer is building himself with melted flayed people and it shows the ending where it’s melting all of them along with Janet, Heather, Bruce, Tom, and Driscoll and when Billy says they were building it for for you sent a shiver up my spine.
- 2016–202556mTV-148.3 (20K)TV EpisodeDirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardAfter Will sees something terrible on trick-or-treat night, Mike wonders whether Eleven's still out there. Nancy wrestles with the truth about Barb.Decent episode I love the Halloween theme. It could’ve been a bit better if Mike and Will just went along with Max. And it mostly has nothing to do with the main plot with Will hallucinating about the Upside Down.
- DirectorShawn LevyStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardAn ailing Will opens up to Joyce -- with disturbing results. While Hopper digs for the truth, Eleven unearths a surprising discovery.“He likes it cold” well guess what Duffer Brothers I like my episodes good. It was a decent episode it had a lack of action but we got a plot twist about Eleven’s backstory.
- DirectorShawn LevyStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardDustin adopts a strange new pet, and Eleven grows increasingly impatient. A well-meaning Bob urges Will to stand up to his fears.This episode I expected to be a bit better. But this episode made me cringe seeing Max flirting with Mike. One of those OMG moments. Decent yeah decent I’d give it a 9/10 if had a bit more action.
- DirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourMillie Bobby BrownA plane brings Mike to California -- and a dead body brings Hawkins to a halt. Nancy goes looking for leads. A shaken Eddie tells the gang what he saw.We get to learn a little bit more about why Vecna is killing people although it doesn’t fully explain it but OMG was it satisfying to see El hit Angela in the face with a roller skate.
- 2016–20251h 3mTV-148.3 (20K)TV EpisodeDirectorShawn LevyStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourMillie Bobby BrownMurray and Joyce fly to Alaska, and El faces serious consequences. Robin and Nancy dig up dirt on Hawkins' demons. Dr. Owens delivers sobering news.
- 2016–20251h 16mTV-148.1 (19K)TV EpisodeDirectorNimród AntalStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourMillie Bobby BrownOwens takes El to Nevada, where she's forced to confront her past, while the Hawkins kids comb a crumbling house for clues. Vecna claims another victim.OMG PAPA IS ALIVE HES ALIVE OMG AHHHHHHH. And also the fact that Patrick was cursed didn’t make any sense the episode didn’t explain much but we did see where Vecna was hiding.
- DirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardWith time running out - and an assassin close behind - Hopper's crew races back to Hawkins, where El and the kids are preparing for war.Why is it called “The Bite” yeah usually the Stranger Things titles explain more about it. But Steve was a idiot to admit his feeling to Robin he should’ve just kept them to himself even though it was entertaining to see them drugged. but it was Heartbreaking to see Alexei go.
- 2016–202547mTV-148.5 (27K)TV EpisodeDirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardAmerican scientists, working without oversight in an obscure laboratory in a backwater town, have managed to bring about the total destruction of mankind.It wasn’t the best first episode to the series. The part where Will vanishes is a classic. But it did take a while to get use to the Stranger Things vibe.
- 2016–202552mTV-148.6 (22K)TV EpisodeDirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardHopper breaks into the lab to find the truth about Will's death. The boys try to locate the "gate" that will take them to Will.The episode was a bit too shallow for me and the lack of action was a disappointing so I didn’t enjoy this episode as much as the first four.
- DirectorAndrew StantonStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardNancy and Jonathan swap conspiracy theories with a new ally as Eleven searches for someone from her past. "Bob the Brain" tackles a difficult problem.Now this episode isn’t that bad I wish I could move it up above “the Vanishing of Will Byers” but it is what it is. It does explain more about why Will is the host of the Mind Flayer and the ending just made me cringe.
- DirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourMillie Bobby BrownNancy has sobering visions, and El passes an important test. Back in Hawkins, the gang gathers supplies and prepares for battle.This is the same thing with “Dig Dug” it isn’t that bad although the ending was epic seeing El take down the helicopter and her reuniting with Will and Mike but nothing too special.
- DirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardAs the town preps for Halloween, a high-scoring rival shakes things up at the arcade, and a skeptical Hopper inspects a field of rotting pumpkins.This episode was pretty boring it was showing the lives of the characters after the events of Season 1 I totally lost the Stranger Things vibe except for Will hallucinating with the Upside Down and the Mind Flayer.
- 2016–202549mTV-148.3 (20K)TV EpisodeDirectorShawn LevyStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardWith El and Max looking for Billy, Will declares a day without girls. Steve and Dustin go on a stakeout, and Joyce and Hopper return to Hawkins Lab.I don’t get why people say this as “The Best Chapter Three” I didn’t really enjoy this episode it was pretty shallow and bad with literally Billy being some sort of nice brother. WOW SUCH A GREAT BROTHER.
- 2016–202555mTV-148.4 (24K)TV EpisodeDirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardMike hides the mysterious girl in his house. Joyce gets a strange phone call.
- 2016–20251h 18mTV-148.1 (24K)TV EpisodeDirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourMillie Bobby BrownStill reeling from the events last year, the gang tries to move on with their lives. However, a threat is brewing both on Earth and the Upside Down.It’s a boring episode okay. And was too scary for me to handle. It made me sleepless and I had second thoughts on watching the second episode. So it’s not episode I’d prefer you to watch.
- 2016–202550mTV-147.8 (23K)TV EpisodeDirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardSummer brings new jobs and budding romance. But the mood shifts when Dustin's radio picks up a Russian broadcast, and Will senses something is wrong.This episode had too much romance i barfed whenever I saw it. It’s just like MADMAX nothing strange except for the ending when Billy was dragged down. And Billy comes back as some lifeguard everybody loves. This man deserves no respect.
- DirectorMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardNancy and Jonathan follow a lead, Steve and Robin sign on to a secret mission, and Max and Eleven go shopping. A rattled Billy has troubling visions.This episode was so bad. It was an episode where Will, Mike, and Lucas shop at the mall and that’s all. This episode made me hate Max since she was such a “role model” for Eleven and she’s using her powers for things like exploding orange juices and the same thing with Billy. She even broke up Max and Mike. I just—I can no longer take Max.
- 2016–202545mTV-146.1 (30K)TV EpisodeDirectorRebecca ThomasStarsWinona RyderDavid HarbourFinn WolfhardPsychic visions draw Eleven to a band of violent outcasts and an angry girl with a shadowy past.This is the most terrible episode. The people who wrote ten star reviews have absolutely no life ( no offense ), we don’t need 9 episodes it could’ve ended with Eleven leaving her mom’s house and heading to go see the others instead we have this whole pointless episode nobody cares about. U thought I had another show on but NOPE it’s the same show and it also is completely off from the original plot I wished I could skip this episode just skip it. ( groan )